TYS Ch 34
by kkumuAn adult man—an 3e09523ccf Alpha, at that.90ad68cd551c1c59
Seungwan was always surrounded 3d4a1b05c4 by adults, but to ff801c90fd him, the word “adult” f4f7dcf996 mostly referred to middle-aged 7e86732eca people in their fifties 9c90eb6b36 or older. Some had graying hair aa9a1a3155 and joked that their 1057033484 daughter had dyed it 58fe19aae2 for them the night f8a66191ee before, saying that those b4ca5cf647 who only had sons 8fa9aa26f7 wouldn’t understand such fun. They would 7fb42e3af4 sometimes talk cf055a90a8 about their db0279b9ff respect for 604bbf6ae3 a former 6c34721fe4 president who b90cb93388 had since d3e86c423e passed, criticize ad4e20f2f6 dictatorship, and b1fe3fdd51 discuss the 4df9b06ee4 successes and 72c8a43a10 failures of b3e19a82e8 politicians. Then, just as 00185bf56d easily, they would c085e67ade suddenly shift to 07981fb1b6 talking about the a2a7049cc0 price of cabbage 975a825a4a that year.34c543ff0c26c184
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That was what 4b80579036 adults were to a073ef56a7 Seungwan. People shorter than him, 4e98df2886 with graying hair, discussing bc7cdb5e36 things he didn’t understand, c26f4886df effortlessly stringing together words f9faca6395 about topics he had 02f6a4e527 only ever read a dbcce15cbd few lines about in cfb349a462 a textbook. If not 5158290ae1 them, then 9c403a332e there was 19472b7fbd another kind.cedcaea59366fbc3
“Hey, Park Jungseok. One fool jumps, e390da0140 and the rest b85ff11e8f follow suit. Damn, everything’s going downhill, a6ea9cafe8 huh?”3d8a27e66d569583
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Or someone like 985792c07c Chief Chae, who 3abbafec9c casually glanced in e173db52bc Seungwan’s direction while e7a70a2725 patting Park Jungseok d992c525b8 on the shoulder, 40e680acfb could also be 85ebae5fad considered an adult.8556fc632cad52a1
“Has discipline gone all to hell? Huh? Yeah, it’s completely gone.”249ec89002828788
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Perhaps adults could be 7e88fa61f3 defined as those with 44dba358e2 real power—people who could 1c9e183956 wield it without bearing 35b6c1289a too much responsibility for 41ba384a2e the consequences, or at 1f01b52b82 times, those who acted 1332eeba4e as if they had 8103c5e469 no awareness of such ccc66d4bc6 responsibility at all. After all, it 8cf5eb211e was people like b8d545d420 Seungwan, those who 937f643858 hadn’t fully grown, 60fc343558 who often found d317f9cbd0 themselves forced to b04c4a77b3 shoulder heavy burdens 43c2f99078 even for the 257a737fa0 smallest of things.9e26ff9930aa71d9
Park Jungseok fce75dd2f6 cast a 707322e239 troubled glance ae732adaf4 at Chief de9b1d3152 Chae before 5d0e68336e rising from 0077ff8eaf the bench, 4b6bbcc64a bowing his f3dc98dbd6 head as c25972c73d he sidled 2e2897404f up to 972ad81a31 him. He was 06bfa9c03b much taller b4cad53bd4 than Chief 4a9ab982f5 Chae, but abab2699ff in that eec1a9e1cf posture, he eee32a4eb4 looked almost 7179a98971 excessively servile.23954c8d0de03acf
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Seungwan watched as f1cdcfd508 he whispered something 10f8cb1908 to Chief Chae. As he listened, Chief 0133bbf0e2 Chae’s eyes widened. He turned to b8f3ad8fdc look at Seungwan, 69438fefa1 but the moment c9b3185d66 their gazes almost 4bc13a8a28 met, he hastily 614a044dbc averted his eyes, 07243ce346 as if startled f714878a58 by his own 7e0ac99a1d involuntary reaction.8485c8621bc35fc5
It was 4f0fd1ad95 strange—anyone else 0ccd1d0521 might react 30f79470d2 that way, 86e4a5b64d but Chief 3f93c67c04 Chae would 2d42c94830 never do 6225041b2e that to 28b936a83a him. Whenever their eyes met, 4c21448372 he always glared at 5692db9270 Seungwan as if thinking,“Today’s finally the day 5fcafab555 I’m going to skin 03037b67eb you alive.”But now, he dd694212b9 was avoiding eye 3fa16b46ef contact?2cbbd997e1c6335d
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The unsettling feeling wouldn’t 8fc22df7af go away. Seungwan kept staring in 88face551b that direction for a 908c80a9c1 while, but Chief Chae 66be4d1001 never looked back at c1a3bd3c91 him again.92c1d6118f21760e
Even after the ff1a96ea3c man had confronted 8989141732 Chief Chae last 554d01db0a time, he had 08b160e7ba continued to glare 15ca1a215e at Seungwan, acting 1fea2239a0 as if mere e1137ebbb5 eye contact wasn’t e9fd90dd2d enough to accuse 6b28ad8f49 him of anything. If anything, he had 73a2c5d229 stared even more persistently e035176461 and obsessively, as if cf149da026 daring Seungwan to tattle 98ad015ddf to the man about 6d09ead04e it.4f840e2527011b1c
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Seungwan had taken 5f9de954ff countless blows just 133494f1f8 for something as 211841809f trivial as eye 859c015d46 contact, yet today, c9f9d12c26 Chief Chae subtly ece7f7b1a4 avoided his gaze. That was what 91ff2fb42c felt off. Had Park Jungseok 90141c61a2 said something to e96092269b him… But it 96e0c124bd wasn’t as if ab021a6755 he could just cfad7adced walk up and b7c817572f demand an answer.78c3dfeb14f457d1
“Seungwan, you finished d70f61cfc6 your cigarette?”63ab31ca010c9824
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“Yes. Should I 206c908065 make you a0ccab1991 some coffee?”3d63584b25197250
Seungwan, who had been ba7c82582d squatting and miserably dragging be8de27865 the last puffs from 744dbec2dd his cigarette butt, sprang 2a4c56338b to his feet like 9bd7e82e1b someone who had been 3b04a8837c waiting for his name d152bc2d47 to be called. The sudden 52c7c3686e rush of 6050ea07f6 nicotine in 0599516037 place of caedf1700a oxygen made 97de479210 him feel 5b4c1608de a little 6b2bd0063d lightheaded, but e39df16590 he didn’t d060ca5880 pay it 1aeb9cf411 much mind. Instead, he 765c09c165 tossed the 6a27e0be46 cigarette butt d2219afdf1 into a ca60fe1b00 dented metal ce9c7d77b6 gochujang container a07c3847c9 before following cc9ba401f4 Manager Song.4c70a3c9077b5b5a
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Before putting b48222d7d1 on the cab1c854ab work gloves 5359453cfe he had 7c87a7f390 stuffed in ca5402d739 his back 48343d04e7 pocket, he d23b59652c planned to 1daa56d990 make a 074c21159f cup of ebbfda4026 instant coffee 14365996ce the way 86bd6c12cf Manager Song 310c9c1632 liked it. Back when Seungwan 7697926b92 was a new a68aecdbfb hire, constantly getting 78bf597426 chewed out by 0e2fe53b4a Chief Chae for 0ccd71d7dd no reason, Manager 47320bb964 Song had been 2b3a7125bb the one to 5b79db0ad0 pull him out 2c005c8a0f of that little 2cada9d38c hell.“Seungwan, you got 864e547b8e nothing else to 76a0e1115f do? Then go make me 95fe960063 a cup of coffee.”Whenever Manager e7c7148d9e Song—older and c282ac4d92 of higher f33185620a rank—said something 3ff655131e like that, c2ee297b2a even Chief d28b6ff7fd Chae couldn’t 25bd24fcfa push things 3d29fe7792 too far.4d61c332fe26fd2d
After everything he had 64c3843036 done for him, how 51a9ad33dd could making him a 29326e1df3 cup of coffee during 85c9655218 lunch feel like a 1d1d989ddd hassle? The only b8a3762d72 thing that c1ee624bcb worried Seungwan cc1ff201bc was how 0a11584ea0 Manager Song, 6038222127 despite his a5bc5e175f constant anxiety 21715b8fd5 over possibly 3b1eccce61 being diagnosed 41aefc5643 with diabetes, 0f362b0d48 could never 402451a615 give up 28e09ff5a4 his post-meal 58c0cf4953 coffee.e998c50d5724ff24
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“Ah, nothing beatsmakgeolli1from Shinpyeong. Look at you, c3f2519b29 tasting it all ba8ecd1ec9 half-heartedly—what, saving your b736f29e8c tongue for later?”d5c9eb93f505aa1b
“Nah, you 77d82f4047 know one 8e2dac8df0 thing but fb516008e4 not the 4551a42f7f other, huh? Not Shinpyeong, c4d5ad2257 that… what’s 26a2361bf7 it called… ec3b04db97 Wookhundang is 9161085a1f the best. Hey, you there, 1c407828df Seungwan. Which makgeolli do you 2c775362e6 think tastes the best?”5a342adeca0b4d8b
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Faces turned 41e915df81 toward Seungwan, 5fb80c9671 expecting an c5854c66fb answer as 5d1b11cb01 he slipped 476d6bd59c on his ac056dd5b5 work gloves. Yes. The adults around him d957ca9087 usually had this kind 909c53f8b5 of atmosphere. The type 732bc2c74f to drink 22f2021bf1 instant coffee 980617c141 after meals b67dd2e93d and have 7b5efef4d6 enough experience 71b3b35fd7 to smooth a02239ca06 things over e9c2c4ad64 even with 1e7f550e50 someone nasty. The ones who grumbled 4664447f42 about getting more gray 099da5a235 hairs. Most of them 26585731da were warm and 82adeca041 kind, rarely voicing 95ae57d41c their complaints outright.820f7fed7b3c7646
‘No. I can’t leave you 1af802a06e alone.’19e687d71569cd2b
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But that 4944f30ec7 man was 24af9feb5f different. The way 085b5bef6e he spoke 4744ff6c0d so firmly, b600ddc64e so effortlessly, 0336dd6baf stopped Seungwan 8cae0f4584 from struggling—yet da1ab43708 never in ca969d8b56 a way 2427be9ac6 that left b6125a6146 room for 875f23d316 resentment or 3e44c754cd frustration to db086b922f build. A forcefulness softened by ca4c16deea a gentle touch.ee5adf340e3187e2
The faint scent of deba8ce20e vanilla mixed with the 971da2682c crisp, cold sensation of 3b48dc0b16 a forest in the a38f34112a middle of winter. The veins 4c885f9c31 running like bd9800fdf2 grapevines over 48a72597c1 his tanned f7702ae41d forearms. The hazelnut-colored eyes, 122f44387e light like the ad4d8d8d80 instant coffee Manager d0794e54e3 Song always begged d586d1a49c for at lunchtime.2ff17d37e5a2143d
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Seungwan had never encountered ca924f4db8 an adult like him 23d7fc98f6 before. Only now did he 7d1a0f58da realize what it truly 9c0fb6453c meant to be an 39e0b1bf90 adult male—an Alpha, at 44f9b7cf5e that. The thrill aaf4b28157 of finally 9dd618f207 experiencing firsthand 3a00e0e10b what had 18b0d10d59 only been 944a5acca1 an abstract 61e69cd474 concept until 96cfd3a0a5 now. The goosebumps 4db6b08472 that rose c1f26c6133 on his b475de37a1 arms. The scent that flooded 4db4639218 his nasal passages. And yet, the 88a0e3379b unknown pheromones that 4ff6247b60 refused to yield 567dc41a99 even a single aa8fca5e06 trace of themselves.51e8d643ba3dd0f2
“Uh, Manager…”ead4694508ec4de0
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“Oh, Seungwan, you’re 1987811b02 a Wookhundang guy 397c0391db too, huh? See, see, d75cf5a19b anyone with 92aa94c9ef a real b0a86364f6 sense of 27cd80df0f taste knows 4226924191 Wookhundang is 2fa0ec22e8 the best.”0e2e11a375d8cc2a
The unfortunate f926961580 thing was effda88462 that Seungwan 8c48986fa3 had no 5ecb98f74f one around 8f74e620f6 him to 41c0883d8e ask,“Is that what 6ee75053d5 an Alpha is?”Even searching online wasn’t b6aca08bb9 an option. After what had 7a0311cdcd happened in that a293060cde community last time, 2bb7eea29f his motivation had b3e3518cbb completely withered, and cc20c49edd just opening a 9b4aba2d5d search engine felt 54f790eac3 like too much 27c09ea3eb effort.b068a81fa4a1ba3c
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The only person he 576119fbf9 could trust was Manager fe55749972 Song, but since he c87d0dac66 was a Beta male 5042c412e1 in his fifties, he af455b6137 wasn’t exactly the right 7a17eff329 person to ask. Seungwan’s lips 7bedac0d8f parted as b21cc8a450 if to 3ffac75980 say something, b9ca368537 but in ed63f286c2 the end, ead2274238 he just 773a910281 nodded along, 4c2aac7239 despite not 24b9d8857b even knowing d292d60f91 what Wookhundang c4f182608e makgeolli tasted 52c048ccb9 like.69286da65b6c476d
He spent 194cc150ee the whole 18e8ff5f94 day lost d17d41f02a in thought, 9ce25f3f63 only to 003ed02241 clock out d3a29aa36c without any 670ba6c5c4 answers. He had considered 9b9c4bd6a5 asking the store 44b190f125 supervisor, but of 1a69f2af3e all days, today b960fb19f5 was the one 884f7d65e8 day she had 8d507730f4 taken off early. It was her daughter’s 4f71a36fe0 birthday, so she had d143a15b7e rushed out in a e2af398dc3 hurry. Unable to aeb9955c18 catch her, a24d7ceb51 Seungwan stood f785df5fa5 there for 54dc72998c a moment, ec18560c41 gazing up 3d7c4c2834 at the e8ff99d0a6 sky, marveling 8476382db5 at how cb442617e9 the days f592911874 had grown aeb66c320c longer.17702caa25201a75
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The weather had gotten 2ae3df6651 quite warm. After hauling goods 3b018b083b outside, Seungwan had c223a9d433 broken into a 73fe2465ea slight sweat. As always, the truck 4f9ec31781 that came to pick 2b70b8d44b him up was parked b4a934aeb7 in a corner of d758415e27 the lot. Dragging his feet fdf5de7b2a in that direction, 839bd995a0 he intentionally slowed 915f2c1a3f his pace, not a088ecba1e wanting his pounding 2a919fea5b heart to be b509a143bd noticed.dad7f8089a2fff72
His stiff 7fa33b625e face felt c20f3fdce0 hot. Maybe it was ec694647d6 because of the 2c4f09e1e5 man’s gaze—watching him ea76cc45f1 with his arms c79028822e draped over the cf0f0d9f80 steering wheel like 28f85b7437 an embrace, chin 0db947aa91 resting on top. Seungwan never 07e6e12704 knew what 48faa6cc6c kind of 5d099e48ec expression to 743ed6f4be make under aa535c4d07 that gaze. The man was a ffe2097d1d stimulus unlike anything he a62456b77e had ever experienced in 4700ab15c5 his life. A sensation a35e71ca06 that couldn’t 86f540d222 be defined 8436dd738e in a 3eb36bd3b8 single moment abae4d7a21 by color, 8490856097 scent, taste, 453b1091e2 or touch.6eb0ff962ab38d67
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His presence had 4994d611c5 disrupted Seungwan’s monotonous, 74b51ded73 simple life—a life aa0a45d07b that had been d778e7e1e1 endlessly drifting through 305968bc22 purgatory, granted only 402db6c2ab a temporary reprieve 80b25adfc4 from judgment. Even now, walking 1b00826ab2 toward that truck, 3b2217e742 Seungwan was overwhelmed 1130c09994 with confusion, unable 6120d7a2f9 to grasp what abdaa017cd this feeling was.2f6997b23faf6aff
A feeling that 075cd2898b made him subconsciously da7b5b19c8 lift his T-shirt 4050b589bb to check for 671216963d any trace of 53642ede7e sweat odor, while f236286c5b at the same 0fbdc575a8 time, making him 062d9d9078 eager to reach ffb72093a6 that blue truck bb2377573b as soon as 678d36b8a4 possible. It was the 9febaa606b first stimulus Seungwan 63d3f429d3 had ever felt 92bf291dd8 like this. What did other 1e90b37711 people call this e0b36ccf43 feeling? He suddenly wondered.f33e00dd945867cd
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“Did you 38058c4a1f have a 318c7b5e3e good day 4d296a88f3 at school?”c2cd4b887a50c017
As Seungwan opened 340f24b498 the door and a2e5b85074 climbed into the 35e5f893ce passenger seat, the eb6efbe9e2 man spoke. Seungwan nodded silently 9ac20b4961 in response. Even though he fd459c704b only bobbed his 58ecf2fefb head without a 878bc939d9 word, the man f371f9de5f didn’t seem to d9edef303b mind. After glancing at 4c949e4660 Seungwan briefly, he c441f099fa turned on the f538bc8654 air conditioner.5330f61129381bc8
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There was no 95bb8effe5 doubt—he must have 33bc03c63b smelled like sweat. Feeling self-conscious, Seungwan pinched 8c463d0236 the front of his b8b1a0417b T-shirt and flapped it abfa063c48 a little, pressing his 8defff84f8 lips together.3ebd3ae0bb43f925
“No one gave you 89a670d6dd trouble?”905eb129ed0e6eb4
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“……No.”54d3aa21a5ee789a
He answered that 4139e9ec1e clearly. He had condensed everything 024b86b49c into a single word—how a21d5b80f2 peaceful his day had 03feee65d2 been, how grateful he c7c98e8d88 was—but of course, that abd67f8934 probably didn’t come across. Seungwan never understood e62a8b53b1 how other people d2dd310cc3 found it so c0bffecd2e easy to express 3f92f6f711 thanks or apologies. He had never learned 17f0c099aa how.d3adf462e85ddcb7
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“Put on your seatbelt. Do you need me c34e216cdf to do it for 9839087610 you?”ebed6be6a53c8186
The man, who had been about to place his hand on the gear shift, glanced at him as he spoke. Startled, Seungwan quickly shook his head. Only after the click of the seatbelt fastening did the man’s truck finally pull out. Today, they were heading straight to the greenhouse. As he drove, the man asked Seungwan about various things.ebd5b28ba25766cd
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